| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| List of tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Background of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Purposes and Significance of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| ·Study on the application of schema theory | 第16-20页 |
| ·The founder and the modern generation of schema theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·The stage of development of the domestic schema theory | 第18页 |
| ·The current situation of the domestic schema theory | 第18-20页 |
| ·Schema theory in the field of English reading teaching | 第20页 |
| ·The three models of the reading process | 第20-23页 |
| ·"Bottom-up" model | 第21页 |
| ·Top-down model | 第21-22页 |
| ·Interactive model | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第23-43页 |
| ·Schema Theory | 第23-30页 |
| ·Some descriptions of Schema Theory | 第23-25页 |
| ·The classification of schema theory | 第25-30页 |
| ·Functions of schema theory in reading | 第30-33页 |
| ·The expected effect of schema | 第30-31页 |
| ·The selected effect of schema | 第31-32页 |
| ·The organizational effect of schema | 第32-33页 |
| ·Factors affecting the foreign language reading comprehension | 第33-36页 |
| ·Vocabulary factors | 第33-34页 |
| ·Syntax factors | 第34-35页 |
| ·The lack of background knowledge | 第35页 |
| ·Lack of understanding of the discourse structure | 第35-36页 |
| ·Schema theory and Teaching of EFL Reading | 第36-43页 |
| ·To create a rich linguistic schemata | 第36-39页 |
| ·To expand reading quantity and establish rich content schema | 第39-40页 |
| ·To establish rich formal schema | 第40-41页 |
| ·Pre-reading and reading activate content schema and formal schema | 第41-42页 |
| ·Consolidate new schema after reading | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Design | 第43-53页 |
| ·The purpose of the research | 第43页 |
| ·research questions | 第43-44页 |
| ·Subjects of the research | 第44页 |
| ·Instruments of the research | 第44-46页 |
| ·Aquestionnaire on students’schematic knowledge | 第44-45页 |
| ·Subtest comparison | 第45页 |
| ·Apre-test and a post-test on students’reading ability | 第45-46页 |
| ·The procedures of the research | 第46-53页 |
| ·Questionnaire before the experiment | 第46页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第46-47页 |
| ·Experiment | 第47-51页 |
| ·Post-test | 第51页 |
| ·Questionnaire after the experiment | 第51页 |
| ·Data collection | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第53-66页 |
| ·the Data analysis | 第53-58页 |
| ·The results of the Questionnaire before the experiment | 第53-55页 |
| ·Pre-test analysis | 第55页 |
| ·Post-test analysis | 第55-57页 |
| ·Post-test analysis | 第57-58页 |
| ·General discussion of the results of the research | 第58-60页 |
| ·Some implications for teaching of reading | 第60-66页 |
| ·Learner-centered Orientation in the Teaching of Reading | 第60-61页 |
| ·Vocabulary Development | 第61-62页 |
| ·Cultural background knowledge oriented | 第62-63页 |
| ·Reinforcing awareness of text structure | 第63-64页 |
| ·Encouraging students’extensive reading | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| ·Major findings | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitation of the study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Suggestion for future research | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix ⅠQuestionnaire | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Pre-test | 第73-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Post-test | 第77-82页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Questionnaire after experiment | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix V Data of test | 第83-84页 |
